I Had a Little Dog and His Name Was Blue Bell

I Had a Little Dog and His Name Was Blue Bell

I Had a Little Dog and His Name Was Blue Bell

Nursery Rhyme

I had a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell,I gave him some work and he did it very well;I sent him upstairs to pick up a pin,He stepped in the coal-scuttle* up to the chin;I sent him to the garden to pick some sage,He tumbled down and fell into a rage;I sent him to the cellar, to draw a pot of beer,He came up again and said there was none there.

I Had a Little Dog and His Name Was Blue Bell

Nursery Rhyme

I had a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell,I gave him some work and he did it very well;I sent him upstairs to pick up a pin,He stepped in the coal-scuttle* up to the chin;I sent him to the garden to pick some sage,He tumbled down and fell into a rage;I sent him to the cellar, to draw a pot of beer,He came up again and said there was none there.

Notes

*Container for holding coal and used to pour the coal on the fire to heat a house.

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

This rhyme can be found in The Mother Goose; Containing All The Melodies The Old Lady Ever Wrote, edited By Dame Goslin (1850).

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